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That sounds like a bad place to work. In better workplaces, and in terms of headphones policy, wearing them should be allowed, but it should be seen as a tempor
by chippy 12y ago
That sounds like a bad place to work. In better workplaces, and in terms of headphones policy, wearing them should be allowed, but it should be seen as a temporary do not disturb sign, and one shouldn't wear them all the time. Being in a shared office implies communication between the other people and wearing headphones all the time may interrupt with that.
In practice, what I've seen is that in the mornings with the stand ups and other meetings and calls with clients nobody wears headphones. Then after lunch and heads go down, the headphones go on.
- c2h5oh 12y agoI don't agree at all. In an open space office headphones = working. No headphones - temporary you may disturb me now sign. Anything requiring more than 2 people briefly talking -> find an office. And that's why open offices are horrible for devs - you work on your own 75%+ of the time and you get to choose between slowly damaging your hearing or being distracted and not getting any work done.